Heart of Tao Wellness

I am

 

 

A practitioner of presence.

A guide of bodies back to themselves.

A weaver of breath, touch, story, and stillness.

 

I began teaching yoga in 2010, drawn first to the breath—the way it could soften grief, return a moment, reclaim a self. That journey led me through years of guiding private sessions and community classes in yoga studios, rec centers, military bases, art camps, and corporate spaces. My early trainings were trauma-informed, rooted in mindfulness and movement, but I quickly learned: healing isn’t linear. And it’s not just physical.

 

In 2013, Reiki cracked something open in me.

In 2014, I fell in love with Thai Yoga Bodywork, studying extensively in Thailand and continuing my training across the years that followed.

Somewhere along the way, I became an ordained minister with the Church of Life and have had the quiet honor of officiating three ceremonies.

 

I’ve always known that healing lives in layers: in the nervous system, in the stories we carry, in the cells that remember. So in 2019, I pursued a certification in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. At the time, it felt like the missing piece—something that could bring language and clarity to the places where the body alone couldn’t reach. But even as I studied CBT, I kept returning to the breath. The emotion. The body. The mystery. I realized I didn’t want to choose between the cognitive and the somatic. I wanted to practice the union—the yoga—of both.

 

Before I had the language for DBT or somatic therapy, I was already living it:

weaving logic with tenderness, mindfulness with emotion, discipline with deep compassion.

 

In 2020—ten years after first dreaming it—I became a licensed massage therapist. Rather than replacing Thai Yoga Bodywork, this became an extension of it. I continued to offer traditional Thai sessions while expanding my work to include intuitive table massage and integrative bodywork.

 

Sound medicine became part of my path around the same time—especially through Acutonics, using tuning forks and hand chimes as instruments of frequency and resonance.

My Reiki practice deepened as well, culminating in my Holy Fire Master attunement in 2024.

 

Now, I offer intuitive, integrative bodywork sessions that hold space for the whole self—body, mind, energy, and soul.

My practice is ever-rooting, ever-evolving. A spiral path. A living prayer.

And I’m honored to walk it with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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